Fan Nickname / Politics

• British tabloid fans and the more lighthearted monarchy watchers are known to refer to Queen Elizabeth II with her tabloid nickname 'Brenda'. After a BBC documentary was shown in 1969, Private Eye magazine gave each member of the Royal Family nicknames to suggest that they were characters in a soap opera. The Prince of Wales is "Brian", the Duke of Edinburgh is "Keith", the late Princess Margaret was "Yvonne" and the late Diana, Princess of Wales was "Cheryl".
• Many members of the British Royal Family have nicknames (mostly given by the press):
  • Queen Elizabeth II - Lizzie, Liz, Queen Liz, Queen Lizzie, Queenie^note Hongkongers, most of whom were born during British Hong Kong, nickname her 事頭婆 in Cantonese, which roughly means "boss lady".
  • Prince Philip - Phil the Greek
  • Diana, Princess of Wales - Lady Di, Di, The People's Princess
  • Sarah, Duchess of York - Fergie
  • Prince William, Duke of Cambridge - Will(s)
  • Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge - Princess Kate (technically incorrect) and her less flattering name - Waity Kaity
  • Meghan, Duchess of Sussex - Meg(s) and MM. Like Kate, she has her haters and their nicknames include: Sparkles, Charleton Duchess, Wallis ^note  in reference to another American divorcee who joined the royal family and Duchess Difficult.
• Peter Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, of Foy in the County of Herefordshire and of Hartlepool in the County of Durham, PC aka "The Prince of Darkness" and "Mandy". (For the love of God, he's even a legitimate Baron! Therefore, now officially a 'Dark Lord'!)
  • There was even an instance where he autographed a fan's paper with the phrase 'from the Dark Lord'? Confirmation.
  • As Mock the Week's Frankie Boyle put it, "Who made him a Lord?? The Sith?!!" (So perhaps now "Darth Mandy"?)
• Australian senator Stephen Conroy is often derisively referred to as "Conjob", due to his surprise plan (not mentioned during the election) to include a nationwide internet filter that the government will have complete control over. This, naturally, is one of his kinder nicknames.
• Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been nicknamed K-Rudd - 'cause he's down with the youth, y'all.
  • His other nickname is the Ruddbot, due to his mannerisms and lack of personality.
    • Those who dislike him also favour "Kevin Dudd" or "Krudd".
    • Some also call him "Ruddkip".
  • Some also call him Kevin07, the name of his 2007 Prime Ministerial campaign. Probably intentionally, said campaign name mutated memetically around Australia and gave rise to other nicknames punning upon it, including Kevin24/7 (after his public image of being a singlemindedly work-focused nerd) and Kevin747 (after the amount of international travel he did in his tenure).
• Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard is sometimes called "Jules" in the media along with some nastier nicknames as well.
• Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott is called Tone Abet by detractors. This has caused the rise of the nickname Dial Tone.
  • He's also known as Typhoon Tony, as a reference to his disbelief in global warming.
• For former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, "ScoMo" is a neutral nickname. Detractor nicknames include "Scotty from marketing" (a reference to his marketing background), "Scummo", "Morriscum", and "Smoko" (due to him being on holiday in Hawaii during the 2019-20 bushfire crisis)
• For current (as of 2024) Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, "Albo" is his neutral nickname. Other less kind nicknames include "Airbus Albo" (due to his many (often inopportune) international trips), and more crudely, AnAl, as the first parts of his first and last names, similar to the Sco Mo nickname.
• For current (as of 2024) Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, anything goes as long as it is a pun centred around his baldness, usually either potatoes or Voldemort.
• George W. Bush was referred to by his middle initial so people wouldn't get him confused with his father in conversation. It quickly degraded from 'double-you' to 'dubya'.
  • Dave Barry nevertheless mockingly called him "George W. Bush, jr., III", in reference to George Washington and to his impaired relationship with 41, who always loved Jeb best, and to the many tyrannies of Mad King George III of England, as called out in The Declaration of Independence.
    • Dave Barry also called him 'George Herbert Walker Sputumhead Bush' more than once. That name stuck too.
  • Molly Ivins called Bush "Shrub" in a book of the same name. Liberals everywhere started using it immediately afterwards.
  • Some British journalists called him "George Wanker Bush" or a starred version of same.
  • How could anyone ever forget "The Wushie"?
  • Some Conservatives upset with his softness on border issues took to calling him "Vicente Bush" (referring to the then-current President of Mexico Vicente Fox) or simply pronouncing the W as "doble-veh."
  • Bush himself tried to get people to know him as "The Decider," apparently unaware that nicknames don't work when they're self-given.
    • A few liberals liked these for entirely different reasons: to mock the fact that Bush is fluent in Spanish, but apparently not in English, despite the fact that English is his first language.
• Das Governator, Der Gubernator: Arnold Schwarzenegger, who served as Governor of California from 2003 to 2011.
  • In German news shows, his nickname is the grammatically-correct Der Governator.
  • He's also been called "Conan the Republican".
  • He's also been referred to as Herr Gropenfuhrer.
  • Since his lovechild scandal (and in reference to some of his more magnificently bastardish exploits) he's been referred to as Arnold/Tony Sopranonegger.
• "Prick Perry" for Texas Governor Rick Perry.
  • Also Slick Rick and Governor Goodhair^note "The man has a head of hair any Texan could be proud of, regardless of party." — Molly Ivins .
  • Current Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been called "Hot Wheels" by his detractors due to being handicapped, although that nickname has caught flack for being ableist.
• The king of Sweden is dyslexic, earning him the nickname "knugen" among the Swedes. "Knugen" being a jumbled up version of "kungen", which means "the king". (On occasion, he has also been referred to as "the knig" by Swedes talking about him in English.)
  • Prince Carl Philip has also earned the not-so-distinguished nickname Calle-Phille, or simply CP.
• 4th President of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid, for some reason, is usually referred as "Gus Dur", a mix of shortening of his name and affectionate honorific for sons of Muslim clerics. The 6th Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is also affectionally having a nickname "SBY". The 7th and current president Joko Widodo, is called Jokowi.
• "Teabaggers" started out as a Fan Community Nickname for the American "Tea Party" movement until members caught on to the Double Entendre with the sexual act of teabagging. The name is now used as a derogatory nickname by detractors.
• Richard Nixon is almost just as commonly called Dick Nixon, or "Tricky Dick". He received that nickname back in 1950, when he ran for the Senate. The fact that the word also refers to a penis is not lost on the people who call him this.
  • Likewise, former VP Richard Cheney is almost never referred to as such, and critics of his often just call him "dick" as a loaded term, ie "That sure was nice of you to [do whatever action considered to be objectionable], dick."
• Dutch prime minister J.P. Balkenende. Google an image of him to see why he was nicknamed Harry Potter.
• Muhammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, the Information Minister under Saddam Hussein, was referred to by commentators as "Baghdad Bob" and "Comical Ali"^note The latter is derived from "Chemical Ali" for Ali Hassan al-Majid, who was Saddam's governor in Kuwait during the Iraqi occupation. The Kurds called him this because he ordered the massive use of chemical weapons against them in the late 1980s. for his famously messy press conferences where he would claim victory was imminent for Iraqi forces fighting against the United States, despite things like gunfire being audible in the distance as he talked.
• In Italy, emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria's name was commonly Italianized to Francesco Giuseppe, which in turn was mockingly shortened to Cecco Beppe (Frank Joe in Italian). Austrian soldiers in WWI were called "Cecchini": this word is still in use in modern Italian, only with a different meaning - snipers.
• Camillo Benso, count of Cavour, 19th century Italian politician and leading figure in the Italian unification, was affectionately called "papà Camillo" by the people of Turin. This is somewhat amusing, as students of history recognize him as a Magnificent Bastard paralleled in his time only by Bismarck.
• Most major Nigerian political figures are discussed in the press and in public using usually jocular nicknames:
  • Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is known as "Baba" for his public image as a domineering father-figure with no patience for opposition.
  • Ex-military Head of State and current presidential candidate Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida is "IBB" from his initials, but also "Maradona" for "dribbling" the nation with his doublespeak and broken promises.
  • Former military Head of State Sani Abacha was "The Basher" as a play on his surname and his harsh dictatorial style.
  • Late President Umaru Yar'Adua was "Baba Go-Slow" for his administration's seeming inaction on all issues (understandable considering the guy was secretly suffering from late-stage Churg-Strauss Syndrome, complete with multiple organ deterioration).
• Canadian Prime Ministerial nicknames:
  • Sir John A. MacDonald = "Old Tomorrow"
  • Louis Saint-Laurent = "Uncle Louis"
  • John George Diefenbaker = "Dief the Chief"
    • Also Diefenbalker.
  • Lester B. Pearson = "Mike"
  • [1] = "P.E.T", from his initials, which is a pun on the French word for "fart" and the English word "pet". Also "Ti-Pet" or "Ti-Foil". As a consequence, his son Justin Trudeau eventually received the name "Mini-Pet" in Quebec.
  • Brian Mulroney = "Lyin' Brian", "The chin that walks like a man" (referring to his prominent chin)
  • Paul Martin = "Mister Dithers" (not because of his resemblance to the Blondie (1930) character, but because of his habbit of dithering.)
  • Stephen Harper = "Steve" (or "Steve-o)," mainly because of his much publicised hatred of the name when George W. Bush applied to him.
  • Jean Chrétien always styled himself "Le Petit Gars de Shawinigan" ("The Little Guy from Shawinigan"), but this was never really popularly used. The term "Shawinigan Handshake", however, is universally used to describe throttling a protestor with his bare hands.
• Ronald Reagan earned the nickname "Teflon Ron" due to his ability to keep problems and scandals from sticking to him.
  • For similar reasons (and as a reference to his sexual proclivities), Bill Clinton was known as "Slick Willie".
    • In Mexico, he's nicknamed as Vil Gritón (Vile/Evil Yeller), a playword of the Spanish phonetics of his name. Also, Bill Clitoris for the same reasons as in the U.S.
  • Reagan has also been called "Saint Ronnie", in reference to the reverence his supporters (who are mostly conservative Christians) have for him. However, since the nickname was given by liberals, it actually qualifies as an Ironic Nickname.
  • During his term he was often referred to as "The Gipper", a reference to one of the characters he played during his acting career.
• Barack Obama has more nicknames than anyone can count. There's Lolbama, OBambi, Obama bin Laden, Barack Saddam Hussein Obama, Osabama, Ogabe, Obimbo, Barry Soetoro, Comrade Obama, BO, Failbama, the Obamessiah (for his messianic portrayal of himself and of him by his supporters), Obamanation, Doh!Bama, Bam-Bam, ObaMao, and so on.
  • Barry Soetoro is more of a Conspiracy Theory bait than it is a fan nickname. Supposedly, Barack Obama is really Barry Soetoro, a Kenyan (or Indonesian) National brainwashed to become a Manchurian Candidate by the Democratic party. It spins off of an internet hoax on a fake birth certificate created by photoshoppers to troll Birthers like Orly Taitz. The fake was so real, it actually made its way around conspiracy circles, being mentioned on Alex Jones' Infowars, PrisonPlanet, and Coast to Coast AM.
  • Obama-llama-ding-dong.
  • Obanana or just Mr Banana a few times.
  • Barack OBAMFa (Badass motherfucker)
    • Is Kurt "Nightcrawler" Wagner aware of this acronym?
  • Mr. Long-legged MacDaddy.
  • Some people implicitly compare him with Saddam Hussein by over-emphasizing his middle name.
  • Among fans of a certain tabletop game he is referred to as the Lord of Change.
  • Another recurring one is Barack Obana.
  • Dear leader
  • Obamasnow.
  • Brobama
• Donald Tsang, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, is often called "Bow-tie" thanks to his suit style preferences.
• Former Florida Governor turned U.S. senator Rick Scott is sometimes referred to as Voldemort. It's not too hard to see why,◊ though he's not just called that because of his looks.
  • Stephen Colbert even made fun of this.
    Stephen Colbert: A 29% approval rating low. Though he'd probably be doing better if he wasn't trying to kill Harry Potter.
    • Also "Governor Skeletor"
• German Chancellors:
  • Angela Merkel: "Mutti", or "Mum". It's kind of flattering at first glance as the "mother to the people", but also has more negative implications of being both a patronizing matriarch and a simplistic housewife. Ironically, she has no children.
  • Gerhard Schröder: "Genosse der Bosse", "Comrade of the Bosses", for his rather Tony Blair-like departure from traditional leftism.
  • Helmut Kohl: "die Birne" (the Pear) after a caricature that pictured him as a pear with a face. ^note  Ironically - or not - the responsible German satire mag copypasted that gag from the legendary caricature of King Louis-Philippe. In France, that one ("poire" is an insult) made a big stink 1830, but hardly any German using the nickname thereafter knew the connections.
  • Konrad Adenauer: "der Alte" (the Old One, for being incredibly old—he was first elected at 73 and remained in power for 14 years)
  • Helmut Schmidt: "Schmidt-Schnauze" - often his party, the Social Democrats, had so sing "Bigmouth strikes again" because he was quick with the mouth and didn't care for collateral damage.
  • As 2019 - already assigned to the job as Merkel successor was Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, always shortened to "AKK" by friends and enemies alike. Now that she landed as head of the Defense Ministerium, expect even more AKA47 jokes...
• Mexico:
  • Former president Felipe Calderón: "Fecal" (a combination of his first letters of his name and last name); it also means "Shitty". Also "Calde-ron" (Calde-rum), in reference to his alleged alcoholism.
  • The current Andres Manuel López Obrador:
    • "El Pejelagarto" or "El Peje" for short (The Gar Fish) since he's from the Southern state of Tabasco and gars are from that state, and due to his thick Southern accent.
    • "El Pejendejo" ("The Gar Idiot"), a corruption of the previous nickname.
    • "MALO" (EVIL) and "LMAO", both anagrams of his initials AMLO.
    • "ASNO" (JACKASS).
    • "El Prejidente" in reference to his Southern Mexican accent^note Southern Mexican accents tends to pronounce "S" as hard "J".
    • "Lord Ganso" (Lord Goose), after he punctuated a paragraph of his inauguration speech with a quote from Mexican film character Tin Tan that says "¡me canso ganso!"^note literally "I get tired, goose!", but figuratively something like "Absolutely for real!"
    • "Cotton head" (Cabecita de algodón) from his supporters due to his graying, balding head
    • "Diaper head" (Cabecita de pañal) from his detractors because his head is white and full of shit
    • "Chachalaca", a bird that is as loud as López Obrador's mouth, also a reference to a 2006 press conference where he told then-current president Vicente Fox "Shut up, chachalaca!".
    • "The Crapper" (El Cacas), coined around 12 February 2020 due to a trending Twitter hashtag, in reference to a press conference where he said "Corrupt people are starting to be viewed negatively, and stigmatized! Begone, crap!"^note ¡El corrupto está quedando mal visto, estigmatizado! ¡Fuchi, caca!
    • "Alter Kocker", coined as a close translation of the previous nickname.
    • "Andrés Manuel LOLpez Mamador", from a YouTube Poop of the first presidential debate of 2018.
    • "Amlodipin", a medication for blood pressure control that casually happens to rhyme with his initials AMLO and with the former presidental palace of Los Pinos, coined after a speech where he suggested then-current president and political rival Peña Nieto to take some amlodipin.
  • President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's fans are known despectively among right-wingers as "little pets"^note "mascotitas" in Spanish, after a press conference where López Obrador described poor people as pets incapable of surviving on their own.
  • His supporters are also known derisively as "Seguidores de la Chachalaca" ("La Chachalaca's followers"), in reference to a huge Facebook group called "Seguidores de la Grasa" whose members are believed to be dumb hormonal teenagers with very little social skills.
  • Former Independent candidate Víctor González Torres: "Dr. Simi" (After the mascot of his chain of drugstores named "Farmacias Similares")
  • Former president Enrique Peña Nieto has LOTS of fan nicknames due of the tremendous hatedom he has: "Das Pena Nieto" (Translated as "You Disappoint Me, Nieto", although "nieto" could also be translated as "grandson". Thus it would read "you disappoint me, grandson"), "Pena Miento" ("Lying shame" because he caused shame and also his scandal with Televisa where he allegedly paid for polls to be in his favor) plus others.
    • Other nicknames he has: Copetón (Translated as "Wiggy" due of his haircut) and Presidente de Telenovela (Soap Opera President)
  • Mexican senator and former actress Irma Serrano is nicknamed as La Tigresa (The Tigress), due to a character she played in a movie.
  • Former PRD presidential candidate and senator Cuauhtemoc Cárdenas: El Cuatemochas, a playword of the phonetics of his name.
  • Former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo: El Volkswagen (The Volkswagen), because it was said any idiot could control him. Also, Dedillo, a reference to a practice known as "dedazo" ("finger-pointing"), where the previous president personally used to choose the most loyal, obedient successor of the party as the next president and would rig the entire system to make him win the elections, which is how people perceive Zedillo to have gotten his presidency (in part because he was chosen to replace the previous candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio, who was murdered while on campaign and casually happened to be perceived by several big wigs as "highly problematic").
  • Former leader of the Mexican Teacher Union Elba Esther Gordillo: Chucky (or sometimes, Chucky's Mom), because the uncanny look◊ to that character. Also, La Maestra (The Teacher), due to her job.
    • And now that she was set free, she got even more nicks, including Mumm-Ra, the Predator, Lord Voldemort (despite being a woman), Gremlin, Frieza, etc.
  • The currently ruling political party MORENA: PRIeta, which is both a derogatory synonym of "morena" (literally "dark-skinned woman") and also an allusion to the many old PRI politicians who defected to MORENA.
    • Also known as Maroma ("backflip"), due to its members and its defenders being infamous for doing massive mental backflips to reconcile López Obrador's mistakes with their blind love for him.
  • Governor of Jalisco Enrique Alfaro: Thanos, due to his shiny bald head and being in a position of power. He is also nicknanamed as El Rey Pelón (The Baldy King), a playword of the phonetics of the Spanish name of The Lion King (El Rey León)
  • The left-wing political party PRD:"Perderé" ("I will lose"), which rhymes with the pronounciation of its initials ("pe-erre-de") and due to its poor track record on presidential federal elections.
  • Nuevo León governor and former presidential candidate Jaime Rodríguez Calderón is nicknamed Bronco, and also "Tío Jaime" (Uncle Jaime) or "Tío Bronco"^note These last ones were popularized by the Facebook Affectionate Parody page "Broncowave", due to his informal, Cool Uncle way of speaking to the people..
  • Mexico City major Claudia Sheinbaum: Claudia Sheinbergstein, Claudia Sheinbergvitz and other stereotypically Jewish names.
• "Rick Sanatorium" for Rick Santorum, at least in Denmark. Probably popularized by the comedy section of the newspaper "Politiken". Used as a derogatory nickname, to ridicule his extremism.^note A sanatorium was technically a facility used to treat tuberculosis, but it was often used as an euphemism for a Bedlam House, as in "poor Ophelia got "infected" with the "disease" of "consumption", so we had to send her away to the sanatorium".
  • Of course, the man's name itself is used to refer to something rather indelicate.
• Mitt Romney has become known simply as "Mittens".
  • The Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan (R/R) campaign was often called "Rolls-Royce" by detractors since the candidates were perceived to be pandering to the upper class.
• Pope Francis is nicknamed in Latin America as Papancho, being a portmanteau of the Spanish word for Pope (Papa) and the diminutive form of the Spanish version of his name, Francisco (Pancho).
• Ariel Sharon got the nickname "Arik", an affective short of his first name.
• Similarly, Benjamin Netanyahu is often called "Bibi".
• The western press has given North Korea's Kim Jong-un the nickname "Li'l Kim". The English-speaking Internet seems to prefer "Fat Boy". Chinese and South Korean netizens apparently call him "Fatty Kim III". Donald Trump has taken to calling him "Rocket Man" or "Little Rocket Man".
• Xi Jinping, Chairman of the People's Republic of China, is "Winnie the Pooh" among Westerners after a social media meme that compared Xi with the cartoon bear. Xi, who is that kind of president with a fragile ego that keeps plastering the country to monuments to his awesome self and doesn't take nicely to people casting him in a non-positive light, got very angry when he saw that meme and banned it along with Winnie the Pooh in general... but that ban backfired and the meme and nickname went viral.
  • Chinese dissents are more likely to refer to him as 習帝/习帝 ("Emperor Xi").
  • 習總/习总 is nominally a neutral nickname from a contraction of his title^note 中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平 (General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, President of the People's Republic of China, Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping), but also a Stealth Insult from Cantonese speakers; this is because even though they are pronounced differently in Mandarin, 習總 is identical in pronunciation with 雜種 ("Bastard") in Cantonese (jaahp júng).
  • Chinese Wikipedia has an entire page (對習近平的負面稱呼) listing the dozens of (mostly) Chinese derogatory nicknames for Xi.
• Some Brazilians presidents even sign with their nickname since they are more known by it than their real name. Happened to Lula (Luis Inácio da Silva, who eventually changed his name to add "Lula" after Inácio) and Jango (João Goulart).
  • Others presidents are usually remembered by their initial as in FHC (Fernando Henrique Cardoso) and JK (Juscelino Kubitschek).
  • Jair Bolsonaro, who was hailed by the internet alt-right due to his very Trump-like political antics, is known as "Based Bolsonaro" in online boards and social media. The opposition created many ways to avert name-dropping him, with some of the most popular being Bozo/Bozonaro, Pocketnaro (because "bolso" is pocket in Portuguese) and Biroliro.
    • In fact, nicknames for Bolsonaro have reached a huge memetic status, and many of his supporters have humorously adopted variations such as "Bonoro", "Biroliro", "Biro-Biro"^note As in the nickname of the former Brazilian footballer, "Bolsomito"^note "Mito" ("myth" or "legend") being a popular expression in Brazilian social media for people who make wise comments, usually getting a huge amount of likes/interactions, "Bolsonitro", "Borsalino"^note Mockingly referring to Madonna's misnaming of him in an Instagram post◊, and so on.
• Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker: Imperial Walker
• During World War II, the western press affectionately referred to Josef Stalin as "Uncle Joe". Come the Cold War, it begun a new career as an Ironic Nickname, which remains the predominant usage today. In the early days he also had a slightly less affectionate nickname that translates to something like "Comrade Card-Index", a reference to his unglamorous but very important role of General Secretary of the Communist Party. This led to people underestimating him rather badly, often to their cost; Secretaries have more power than you might expect.
• The National Rifle Association, or NRA: NAMGLA, or the North American Man/Gun Love Association. The name is a pun on NAMBLA, a pro-LGBT organization that has largely been discredited as pro-pedophilia. Used to mock how its supporters hold very possessive attitudes towards owning guns.
  • Gun owners call it "National Fudd Association", because it has a reputation among gun owners of being as useless at upholding the Second Amendment as "fudds"^note gun owners who likewise care next to nothing about the 2A and its actual purpose being manipulating gun haters into rallying against a falsely strong political opponent.
• During the 2016, 2020, and 2024 U.S. elections, there was a lot of nicknaming, especially from Donald Trump, who became The Nicknamer. Some of these nicknames came off as childish.
  • Nicknames invented by Trump himself, generally following an "[adjective] [first name]" format:
    • Hillary Clinton: "Crooked Hillary" (sometimes just "Crooked" for short), "Heartless Hillary"
    • Marco Rubio: "Little/Liddle Marco"
    • Ted Cruz: "Lyin' Ted"
    • Bernie Sanders: "Crazy Bernie"
    • Elizabeth Warren: "Pocahontas" or "Fauxcahontas" (a sarcastic reference to her disputed claim of Native American heritage)
    • Michael Bloomberg: "Mini Mike"
    • Joe Biden: "Sleepy Joe"/"Sloppy Joe" (used by Trump to portray him as a senile idiot)
    • Ron DeSantis: "Ron DeSanctimonious"/"Ron DeSanctus"
    • Chris Christie: "Sloppy Chris"
    • Nikki Haley: "Birdbrain"
  • Nicknames coined by people other than Trump. For the most part, these nicknames were used as derogatory nicknames by people who disliked the given candidate:
    • Donald Trump: "Drumpf" (the German name of Trump's grandfather before he changed it during World War I, coined by John Oliver), "Sleazy Donald" (Ted Cruz's failed attempt attempt to use Trump's nicknaming format against him), "Loser Donald" (from The Young Turks), "Orange Hitler" (or alternatively, "Orange Mussolini"; due to his orange skin and espousing behavior criticized as authoritarian). "Trumplethinskin", "Snowflake-in-Chief", "Diaper Don", and "President Butthurt" have also been used because of his Minor Insult Meltdowns and inability to handle blunt criticism. "Cheeto-faced Assclown" has also made the rounds. "Cheeto Benito" is also popular. Also, Mr. Burns, for obvious reasons. One of the few nicknames used by his supporters was "God Emperor Trump". Trump's opponent Joe Biden called Trump "President Tweety" for his incessant usage of Twitter, which became a Memetic Mutation when Biden supporters created Tweety Bird images to troll Trump.
    • Hillary Clinton: "Shillary" (sometimes spelled "$hillary"), "Killary", "Hellary", "HilLIARy", "Hitlery", "Grandma Nixon" ("Grandma Nixon" is generally paired with the "Orange Hitler" nickname for Trump by people who dislike both of them)
    • Ted Cruz: "Dyin' Ted" (play on "Lyin' Ted", used as it became increasingly clear that he was losing the Republican primaries).
    • Jeb Bush: "Jeb!" (a sarcastic reference to his campaign logo), "¡Jeb!" (variation by those who considered him too pro-Mexican)
    • Bernie Sanders largely avoided this since he was very well-liked unlike the other candidates. The cute little bird that appeared to perch on Bernie Sanders' podium during one of his speeches is known as "Birdie Sanders".
    • Brotherhood of Evil Douchebags: Anti-Antifa, who are apparently completely clueless how much that name makes them sound like comic book supervillains.
    • Elizabeth Warren: "Snake", "Snake Lady", "Lies With Snakes" (Bernie fans began to call her this after she accused Sanders of being sexist to her during a private conversation, despite their previous friendship)
    • Pete Buttigieg: "Ratboy" (Another Bernie fan nickname, this one in reference to his face and behavior during the 2020 Democratic Primary, which some saw as being ratlike.)
    • Kamala Harris: "Copmala" (due to her controversial stints as the San Francisco DA and later Attorney General of California, including her overzealous prosecution of a murder case despite clear evidence the defendant was innocent.)
    • Ron DeSantis: "DeathSantis" due to his perceived poor handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Florida, leading to many deaths that detractors believed to be unnecessary.
• Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's first female president, has been called "Kirishima" due to her resemblance to the KanColle character. A Taiwanese fan even gave a Kirishima Nendoroid figure to her as a gift.
• Back when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was President of Iran, Jay Leno liked to refer to him as "Mahmoud I'm-a-Nut-Job". Sometimes after using this name, Leno would pause for a beat and then say something like, "I think that's the correct pronunciation."
• Spain: Most of these are coined by right-wing radio host Federico Jiménez Losantos and has been appropriated by the mainstream whether they actually like him or not.
  • For the Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy: Mariano Pantocrator; Tigrekan the 3rd of Mongolia (Mongolia being a proverbial land of retarded people in Spanish culture); Mariano, King of the Universe; Divine-Fingered Mariano (Because of his weird and dynastic designation as sucessor of the late PM José María Aznar as leader of the People's Party); That leptosomatic thing; That cockle-like stuff on the mics.
  • The former king Juan Carlos I: Campechano I (Something like "Bro the First")
  • Mariano Rajoy's vice-Prime Minister and at charge of the Secret Service, Soraya Sáenz de Santa María: Lady Macbeth, la niña asesina (Killer Girl)
  • Minister for Taxes, Cristóbal Motoro: Dracula, Charles Montgomery Burns, The Vampire
  • Former Mayor of Madrid and Minister of Justice, Alberto Ruiz Gallardón: Son of Satan, The Pharaoh (when he was the mayor), Waylon Smithers
  • Former Prime Minister Felipe González: Mister X^ExplanationThe counter-terrorist black ops group known as the GAL who murdered terrorists in the early nineties and was, supposedly, an independent group were proved to have received government fundings and its members referred to its backer as Mr X, who allegedly was Felipe González. The PM's links to the group couldn't be proved but the funding was, prompting the dimission of the Minister of the Interior José Barrionuevo and the Secretary of State Rafael Vera and their subsequent judicial charges. The whole thing was one of the many issues that contributed to the conservative People's Party to win the elections in 1996 after fifteen years of socialist terms with Gonzalez in charge
  • Former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero: Zapatitos (Little Shoes, coined by the Spanish version of Spitting Image; Pancartero (Bannerman, for his Social Justice approach of leading opposition), Bambi, Mr. Bean, El Bobo Solemne (The Dignified Dunce), El Planetario (for a poorly thought speech where his first meeting with Barack Obama after strained relations with George W. Bush was defined as "A Planetary Meeting between two great leaders for the world to see"); Sosoman (Boring-man); ZP (Zapatero Presidente, Campaign Slogan)
  • Former Vice-President Maria Teresa Fernández de la Vega, under Zapatero: Maria Teresa Fernández de la Vogue (After a controversial photoshoot).
  • Former Secretary of State Rafael Vera, under Felipe González: The Prince of Darkness.
  • Former Prime Minister José María Aznar: Ánsar (Archaic for "Duck" and also the way -allegedly- George W. Bush referred to him, Centro-man (Centrist-Man)
  • Convict banker Mario Conde: 666; The Fallen Angel; Satan (Because of his alleged fascination and self-identification with the myth of Lucifer)
  • Iñaki Urdangarín, Duke of Palma: El Duque Empalmado (The Duke of Boners, self-titled. Don't ask)
• Some Kenyan politicians have funny nicknames:
  • Musalia Mudavadi, the leader of the Amani National Congress Party, is called "MaDVD" due to his name.
  • The second president of Kenya, Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, is known as "Nyayo" (meaning "footsteps"), since he said he was to follow the footsteps of Kenya's first president.
  • Kalonzo Musyoka, leader of the Wiper Democratic Party, is known as "Melonzo" from him taking the middle ground during a referendum.
• For reasons no-one seems to really understand, Jeremy Corbyn is "the absolute boy". It may have originated with Chapo Trap House, as an American invention of what a British person would say (phrases like "absolute lad" and "absolute legend" aren't uncommon in the UK, but "absolute boy" was probably never said about anyone before Corbyn).
• Not a politician, but related: Neve Gayford, born in 2018 to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford, was quickly dubbed "Prime Miniature".
• Russia:
  • President Vladimir Putin, unfortunately for him, got mostly offensive nicknames, including Vladolf Putler, Huilo (equal to "dick") and Fabulous Dumbass (a quote taken from the movie "Down House"). "Bunker Grandpa" was a new insulting nickname for Putin following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, describing him as an out-of-touch, paranoid, and senile kleptocrat who instigated the war for selfish reasons.
    • For Spanish speakers, his own surname is a nickname by itself, since it sounds the same as the diminutive form of "puto" (fucker). There's other variations of his surname, including "Pendejin" (Little Asshole), "Tontin" (Little dumb), "Estupidin" (Little Stupid) and others. Another variation is Vladimir, Hijo de Putin (lit. "Vladimir, Son of Putin", but also sounds like "Vladimir, Son of a Little Bitch").
    • In French, his name is often written as "Poutine", which just happens to be a famous dish from Quebec (the French-speaking Canadian province) consisting of French fries, cheese curds, and gravy.
  • Dmitry Medvedev is also mocked as "Compote".
• In Sri Lanka, the United National Party's initials were joked to stand for the "Uncle-Nephew Party" due to many of the early Prime Ministers coming from the party being related.
• The Philippines loves to assign its politicians various nicknames:
  • Former president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos: "FM," "Apo Lakay," ^Translation Ilocano for "respected elder" and "Macoy."
    • His wife Imelda has "Meldy," "The Iron Butterfly," (due to the butterfly sleeve of her terno gowns) and "Marie-Antoinette with shoes."
    • His son Ferdinand Junior is called "Bongbong" ^Translation bamboo water jug. During the old days, men carry bamboo water jugs slung at their shoulders, and Ferdinand Senior in his younger years was no exception. When Ferdinand Marcos' son was usually seen clinging with his father like the water jug, he affectionately called him "bongbong" and it stuck, or "BBM". His opponents call him "LBM" (loose bowel movement/diarrhea), Hoaxford and Bobong Marcos (Idiot Marcos) (for claiming that he graduated in Oxford but the Oxford leadership said he never graduated there), Boy Ngiwi (Jaw Man), Boy Singhot (the sniffer), for his alleged cocaine use that even Duterte indirectly accused him of being one.
    • Solid North is a term used to describe the strong electoral support around the Marcoses, particularly in the Ilocos Region (a region to the north of the country). Its derisive counterpart is "Solid Snort," a reference to the aforementioned alleged cocaine use of the younger Marcos.
  • The late Hot-Blooded senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago was known as the "Iron Lady of Asia," thanks to her fiery demeanor, no-nonsense style of governance, and sharp witticisms. On the other hand, her detractors during the 1992 election season called her "brenda," short for "brain-damaged" after allegations were thrown around that she was suffering from a psychological disorder.
  • Former president Fidel Ramos: "FVR," "Tabako" ("tobacco," for his cigar chomping during his presidency) and "talakitok" ("bigeye jack", courtesy of his Arch-Enemy Miriam Defensor-Santiago)
  • "Cha-Cha" (short for Charter Change) is the name given to any attempt to amend the 1987 Constitution, first used during Fidel Ramos' attempt to do so near the end of his term.
  • Joseph Estrada, an erstwhile actor later mayor, senator, vice president and President, is known by his nickname "Erap", a Sdrawkcab Name for "pare", meaning buddy. He is sometimes known as Bigote or the Mustache, due to him being the first sitting president to have any facial hair while in office.
  • Former Manila mayor Alfredo Lim's tough anti-crime stance has resulted in him being nicknamed Dirty Harry.
  • The 11 senators who voted against the opening of the second envelope during former president Joseph Estrada's impeachment trial has a collective one - "JOE'S COHORTS or JOSE'S COHORT."
    • Former senator Tessie Aquino-Oreta was nicknamed "Dancing Queen" after celebrating the defeat of the said envelope vote.
  • Former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo: "Ate Glo," "Gloria Labandera," ^Translation "Gloria the Laundress," a nickname given to her by Estrada supporters, coming from the eponymous song that borrowed its tune from The American Civil War-era song "The Battle Hymn of the Republic") "pandak," ^Translation midget; at 4'11", Macapagal-Arroyo is the shortest president to date and "xGMA" (a format often used by the media, where "x" refers to the first letter of her political position at any given moment (i.e. FPGMA - Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo)).
  • Former president Benigno Aquino III: "Noynoy," "PNoy," "Panot," ^Translation "One with a bald spot", a reference to his steadily-balding hair "Abnoy," ^Translation "Abnormal", a reference to his alleged mental health issues which would otherwise make him unfit for the presidency and "Noy" (more prominently used after leaving office in 2016)
  • The businesswoman convicted for the pork barrel scam, Janet Lim-Napoles, is often referred to as the "Pork Barrel Queen."
  • Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III has "Sottocopier," back from his plagiarism of Robert F. Kennedy's speeches in protest against the Reproductive Health Bill early in The New '10s.
  • Former Vice-President Jejomar Binay appropriated the "Nognog" tag, ^Translation shorthand for "nasunog," (i.e. "burnt") a reference to his dark complexion.
  • Former President Rodrigo Duterte has a long list of these - "Digong" (so commonly used his supporters are referred to as DDS - Digong/Diehard Duterte Supporters), "Tatay Digong" ^Translation Father Digong , "Rody," "The Punisher," (courtesy of TIME Magazine) "Duterte Harry," (both for his support on outright vigilantism), "Du30," "Poon" and "Poong Nazeraan," ^{Translation and Explanation}poon is shorthand for the Tagalog panginoon, (lord/god) often used as a snarky reference to Duterte's Cult of Personality among his supporters. "Poong Nazeraan" (from "Poong Nasiraan" - lit. "broken god") is a pun on "Poong Nazareno," (the Black Nazarene statue in Manila) a criticism on Duterte's constant flip-flopping on issues and statements that have to be constantly reinterpreted by his press secretary or cabinet members. , "PRRD," (Presdent Rodrigo Roa Duterte), "Du-turtle" (for unfulfilled campaign promises and slow response to the COVID-19 pandemic), "Du-tae" (Du-shit) and Du-Dirty for his Cluster F-Bomb speech, and "Mang Kanor" (a 2010s slang for a Kavorka Man and Dirty Old Man in the Philippines due to an infamous sex tape that went viral) due to both alleged and admitted incidents of sexual harassment of women.
    • Duterte's supporters often label his critics as "dilawan," ^{Translation and Explanation} "yellow," the color associated with the Aquinos since the EDSA Revolution in 1986 regardless of their actual political affiliation. The nickname has been thrown around to the point that it has become the country's own take on Godwin's Law.
    • Fandom VIP Mocha Uson is referred to as the "Queen of Fake News," thanks to her exceptionally-wide reach and propagation of disinformation through her Facebook page.
    • Senator and former Police chief Ronald Dela Rosa is called "Bato", or rock, due to his physique and also due to being born to a village called Bato. His detractors call him "Kalbo" (Baldie) due to being visibly bald.
    • His daughter, former Davao City mayor and current Vice-President Sara Duterte has been nicknamed "Daughterte." Her personal nickname is "Inday", meaning 'lass' in Visayas and Mindanao but in Luzon is a stereotypical housemaid name. Opponents call her "Sara without H", with the H standing for honesty (and thus imply lack of honesty), and partially to distinguish her from other known Sarahs in the Philippines such as singer Sarah Geronimo and Sarah Crewe. She was also called the "Butangera" (the Slugger) for her manhandling a government official over a demolition in her city in 2010, and "Fiona" due to her alleged resemblance to the [[Franchise/Shrek the character's]] ogre form.
    • Former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano acquired the "kaldero" ("cauldron") nickname after his defense of the hilariously-overpriced cauldron used in the exceptionally-troubled 2019 SEA Games. He's also called "Quietano" for being silent for all the issues that he faced.
    • His Number Two and presidential aide, Bong Go, is usually called "First Lady" as he's always seen together with the president in public events even though he's elected as a senator.
    • Harry Roque, Duterte's erstwhile spokesperson, is called "Butanding" or "whale shark" due to him swimming in a beach with whale sharks for a photo-op, despite quarantine warnings. He got infected with Covid-19 as a result.
  • Human rights lawyer and 2019 senatorial candidate Chel Diokno is the "Woke Lolo," ^Translation Woke Grandfather for his progressive stance on issues.
  • Vivico, the Affectionate Nickname given to Pasig City mayor Vico Sotto by the country's K-Pop fandom, and later adopted by the Filipino Twitterverse. It helps that it sounds like "baby ko." (my baby)
  • Former Vice-President Leni Robredo: To her supporters, "VPL" (Vice President Leni). Her supporters are called "Kakampinks" (Pink allies) to denote her preferred color of choice, pink. To her detractors, "Lugaw" ^{Translation and Explanation}"Porridge", a nickname bestowed to her by Duterte supporters mocking one of the sources of her campaign funds in 2016 — her supporters' porridge meals., "FVP" ^Explanation"Fake Vice President", given to her by supporters of her rival (and now current President) Bongbong Marcos, who believe he was cheated in the 2016 national elections., "Madumb" ^ExplanationPortmanteau of "madam" and "dumb", due to fumbling some facts, making her look dumb, such as mislabeling 1947 as a time when World War II still raged on (the war ended in 1945), "Lutang" ^{Translation and Explanation}"Floating", which is a reference to having her head supposedly in the clouds and being out-of-touch with the electorate, and her supporters as "Pinklawans" (Pink-Yellows) ^ExplanationPortmanteau of "pink" (Robredo's 2022 campaign colors) and "dilawan", the label ascribed to Duterte's critics by naming them as supporters of the Aquino family.
  • House Speaker Martin Romualdez: "Tambaloslos" ^ExplanationOriginally a mythical creature with a large mouth and penis found in Visayan, Bicolano, and Mindanao folklore that is capable of confusing people and leading them astray, this was popularized by current Vice-President Sara Duterte as a Take That! to his perceived political ambitions., "Roamwaldas" ^ExplanationPortmanteau of "roam" and "waldas" (wasteful spending, referring to his alleged travel funds that reached a staggering 1.8 billion pesos or $32.5 million based on 2023's currency exchange rates).
• Democratic congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley, who were first elected in 2018, as collectively known as "The Squad", famed for being non-white women with a no-nonsense approach to advocating progressive politics. Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman were also added to "The Squad" after they were first elected to Congress in 2020. Ocasio-Cortez, in particular, is also known as "AOC".

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